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USN-2524-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

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USN-2524-1: eCryptfs vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/10/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

eCryptfs 104 and earlier uses a default salt to encrypt the mount passphrase, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ecryptfs-utils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libecryptfs0

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